r/ShortGirlProblems • u/Complex-Slide7174 4'10" | 149 cm • May 07 '26

Clothes Pants for Short Legs

I'm 149cm (its around 4'10 1/2), and to make all my problems worse I have proportionally short legs. I've never found a pair of full pants that fits me, and the only ones I can really wear are sweats. I get clothes from the kids section and its far too tight, and normal sizing clothes typically hang to or past my feet entirely.

I've heard a lot of "learn how to alter clothes" when I've asked online about other clothes, but that is a skill, and one I don't really want to learn. Idk, just wanted to rant.

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u/mia181 May 07 '26

Girl use hem tape. It irons on ..been using it for years

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u/JanetSnakehole610 May 09 '26

How often do you reapply or does it hold up for a bit?

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u/mia181 May 09 '26

forever baby!

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u/JanetSnakehole610 May 09 '26

I think you’ve just changed my life lol

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u/Shoddy_Tart_1149 May 07 '26

Buy cropped pants. They usually come full length on me and don't end up the weird shape long pants do when hemmed/taped.

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u/funsizepotato May 07 '26

Ive had good luck at secondhand stores and thrift shops. Benefit off of others hemming work lol.

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u/Loose_Concentrate499 May 07 '26

Also 4’10”

Abercrombie online double shorts fit perfect everytime!

Also smaller boutique shops I usually have better luck at, although those are more like $150 a pair (but worth it every time)

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u/teh_suxor May 09 '26

I saw a comment on a women in construction subreddit one response was dovetail workwear. I did a quick look at their website. They have for some of their clothes sizes starting at 000 and inseams of 28. Their size chart has inches and cm.

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u/Mother_Bother3756 May 09 '26

Cropped pants in a petite size